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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c






2. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






3. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.






4. Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables






5. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






6. Cost - time - quality - technical or resource value used as a parameter and which may be included in product specification. crossing the threshold should trigger some action.






7. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






8. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






9. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






10. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






11. The amount of funds - budget - or time needed above the estimate to reduce the risk of overruns of project objectives to a level acceptance to the organization






12. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals






13. Extending or generating parallel schedule network paths from the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by schedule activity with more than one successor activity






14. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause






15. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so






16. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






17. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






18. Processes required to track - review and regulate the progress and performance of the project - identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required and initiate the corresponding changes.






19. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools






20. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






21. Summary level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestone






22. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






23. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities






24. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






25. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






26. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity






27. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






28. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






29. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






30. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






31. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






32. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






33. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






34. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






35. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.






36. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






37. ACWP






38. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






39. Risk response planning technique that indicates the project team has decided not to change the project management plan to deal with a risk - or is unable to identify any other suitable response strategy






40. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






41. Permission and direction to begin work on a specific schedule activity or work package or control account. sanctions project work to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time - and in the proper sequence






42. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end






43. Identifying and documenting relationships among project activities






44. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.






45. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones






46. Method of resolving the total variance in the set of scope - cost - and schedule variables into specific component variances that are associated with defined factors affecting scope - cost and schedule variables






47. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






48. Launching a process that can result in the authorization of a new project






49. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






50. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.